diff --git a/devel/p5-Text-Control/Makefile b/devel/p5-Text-Control/Makefile
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+++ b/devel/p5-Text-Control/Makefile
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+COMMENT =	transforms of control characters
+
+DISTNAME =	Text-Control-0.5
+
+CATEGORIES =	devel
+
+MAINTAINER =		Alexander Bluhm <bluhm@openbsd.org>
+
+# Perl
+PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
+
+MODULES =		cpan
+
+PKG_ARCH =		*
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/p5-Text-Control/distinfo b/devel/p5-Text-Control/distinfo
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+++ b/devel/p5-Text-Control/distinfo
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+SHA256 (Text-Control-0.5.tar.gz) = g7YBYPpWN6ZPQh7XiCsYNkPbbILAlJSU+CtsoWRhZWg=
+SIZE (Text-Control-0.5.tar.gz) = 10644
diff --git a/devel/p5-Text-Control/pkg/DESCR b/devel/p5-Text-Control/pkg/DESCR
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index 00000000000..4e53aa0c0f1
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+++ b/devel/p5-Text-Control/pkg/DESCR
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+These are transforms of control characters useful for debugging.
+This module considers byte numbers 32 - 126 to be "printable"; i.e.,
+they represent actual ASCII characters.  Anything outside this range
+is thus "nonprintable".
diff --git a/devel/p5-Text-Control/pkg/PLIST b/devel/p5-Text-Control/pkg/PLIST
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index 00000000000..c96b17c511a
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+++ b/devel/p5-Text-Control/pkg/PLIST
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+${P5SITE}/Text/
+${P5SITE}/Text/Control.pm
+@man man/man3p/Text::Control.3p